I was commissioned by my editors at the Prospect to write an article about Diane Wood. While I was polishing it, someone in our comments linked to an excellent Green Greenwald post that used similar sources to reach similar conclusions. Which is a good thing...
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Kevin Jon Heller at Opinio Juris says NGO Monitor should practice what it preaches when it comes to transparency about donations from government funders. The dialogue in comments on this.
Whatever. My favorite bit: “One thing he was always telling me: ‘When they gave you that money, it was for what you already did, not for what you’re going to.
As I'm currently trapped not only in England (by a volcano) but inside (by a rampaging cold), I thought I'd reconnect with the American political discourse I miss so much by reading a transcript of Sarah Palin's speech in Hamilton, Ontario last week. For a...
The cottage industry of liberals who were convinced that John McCain's brief fit of pique against George W. Bush reflected his Real Authentic Moderate Liberal self (I still think this.
Jeebus. If the webcam revealed Advil in the medicine cabinet, hopefully this was accompanied by plenty of strip searches -- I mean, won't someone please think of the children?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Megan's post about Lindsay's high fashion for little money reminds me that I've forgotten to congratulate Darcy for earning a well-deserved Juno nomination for Infernal Machines even if he was robbed in the final vote. Since he and Lindsay are among the oldest friends of...
Readers asked for more of these philanthropic quizzes, so here you are. For every quiz taker who leaves a name and email address, $2 will be donated toward the purchase.
In an unusual move for his campaign, Mickey Kaus has done something. In this case, issuing a press release venting some resentment over the fact that the Democratic Party's leader is supporting the Democrat in the state's Democratic primary. You will be surprised to learn,...
Inspirational email of the day from the HURIDOCS list-serv: The True Heroes ‘International Conference on Human Rights and the New Media’ was meticulously planned for 6 months, to be held.
Something I've always loved about the way soccer football is organized virtually everywhere not called North America is promotion and relegation. For the uninitiated, league "systems" are set up in.